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4/9/2014 9:14AM

Health-Care Law, Economy Boost Ranks of the Insured

Research released Tuesday shows 9.3 million Americans gained insurance coverage since the Affordable Care Act took full effect, though most who bought policies through exchanges weren't uninsured and employers accounted for much of the rise. Jennifer Corbett Dooren reports. Photo: Getty.

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... the the ... morning everyone ... welcome to the new sub yesterday was a full payday which President Obama capped by signing executive orders aiming at closing the gender pay gap but he also couldn't resist and talk about Obamacare ... well it's because they're not Obamacare the ... I do wanna point out ... that the Affordable Care Act ... guarantees free preventive care like mammograms and contraceptive care for tens of millions of women ... and it is the day is when you could be charged more just for being a woman ... the the the the the the the the ... nine million people getting health insurance through the Affordable Care Act according to a new study ... but exactly how many didn't have insurance befall ... nowhere man as Manning will tell you about math right here right now on the New Saab good morning and welcome I'm Simon Constable ... with mall what's going on in this very complicated story Jennifer cope with torn joins us now from Washington ... Jennifer thank you very much for being map ... thank you ... so many in the mealy and that ... it sent a very impressive Mama ... take this through out this was the riot and who derives this mama ... write this ... I serve it cannot be done yesterday ran for and you know they have the reputation of being very solid research work and what they did is they that survey they been serving on the same group of people for ... several months ... and said they looked at Tom who had coverage in September twenty thirteen which is before opener Roman started under the Affordable Care Act ... and then they looked at people who have coverage in March ... that one caveat here is that didn't ... carry through all the way the very very end of March for we know the reason being that additional certain people signing up ... I'm so what they did is they just look at you know the health insurance reform who had it later ... and they found this the net change it aam you know some people didn't lose their policies the lot more gain ... aam ... and that the interesting thing is that most people that have gained coverage through their employers ... one five million people gain insurance five points to last coverage SOEs and Meggan of nine point three ... just remind everyone the country is out of a three hundred million people so on yet within that context not a huge amount ... but then the people who would you didn't have insurance before the people who this was designed to ... take to get in ... inside the tents ... was one point four million bucks twenty ... well ... in the one point four million with people who signed up treaties um exchanges that were set up by the town's data from government and that's that ... people were previously uninsured ... on the way till four ish I needed ... him eight million people gained ... coverage through their wares and there's an estimate that although seven million people previously didn't have insurance ... because employers aren't ... required to provide insurance to people people are required to ... hold it ... now that Kelly's him and ... he has changed a little bit ... so it's not quite as strong as the ECB but either way they're still that ... aam ... you that stop in the last and that the pot to visit the improving economy has helped thinking of him where's the hiring so you know most people still get their health insurance to their lawyer says it is a large employer ... so when people are gaining coverage that way ... and Amgen of the new deal that insight that well why is the Opel of both political parties gonna claim victory gal our ... Republicans can assign to it we've we've we've we told you we told you so I'm you know the ... PPI men show up one run effective or that I'm ... one of the Democrats can say hey look that's a lot from him on a limb ... yes I mean this this is not a ... couple claim is that the swings of good news for the Democrats and Republicans are playing out that you know at the people to lose their coverage there were people that ... his policies were canceled and then they did have gotten by the new health insurance policy ... and you know what happens to everybody whether through the Affordable Care nominee she turns to insurance companies too often have to change doctors hospitals ... this is his pre disruption ... to ten more will still have a thank you very much was applied to typical but torn when presented time